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Objectives: The objectives of the paper are to familiarize the students with basic
management concepts and behavioural processes in the organization.
Course Contents:
Concepts of Management- Nature, Meaning, and Significance of Management,
Managerial functions, Principles of Management, Managers V/s Entrepreneurs
Managers V/s Leaders Guidelines for Managerial Excellence and success. Evolution of
Management Thoughts-Traditional, Behavioral, Systems, Contingency and Quality
viewpoints. Planning: Nature & Elements of Planning, Planning types and Models,
Planning in learning organizations; Strategic Planning-an overview; Management by
Objectives (MBO), SWOT Analysis, Organizing and Staffing: Nature of Organizing, ,
Basic issues in organizing Work Specialization, chain of common Delegation,
Decentralization, Span of Management, Line-staff Authority and Decentralization,
Staffing Decisions Authority and Responsibility Relationships, Decision Making
Process, Models of Decision Making. Directing and Controlling: Nature of Evaluation
Design and Problems Appraising Techniques Developing Compensation Plans,
Direction, Co-ordination, Quantitative and Qualitative measures of Control, Feed back
Management. System and Process of Controlling, Control techniques and information
technology. Social Corporate Responsibility of Business.
Suggested Readings:
The list of cases and specific references including recent articles will be announced in the class.
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CP-102: Business Statistics
Max. Marks: 100
External: 70
Internal: 30
Time 3 Hours
Note: The Examiner will set the question paper in two parts encompassing the entire
syllabus. Part A will comprise 10 short answer type questions of 5 marks each. Part B will
comprise of 5 questions of 10 marks each. A student is required to attempt any eight
questions from the part A and any 3 questions from part B.
Objectives: The objective of this course is to make the students learn about the
application of statistical tools and techniques for decision- making.
Course Contents:
Application of Probability and probability distributions in business decision making:
probability Theory; Classical, relative and subjective probability, Addition and
multiplication probability models; Conditional probability and Bayes Theorem.
Probability Distributions: Binomial, Poisson, and Normal distributions: characteristics and
applications.
Application of Sampling and sampling methods in business decision-making; Sampling
and non-s Sampling errors; Law of Large Number and Central Limit Theorem; Sampling
distributions and their characteristics.
Statistical Estimation and Testing; Point and interval estimation of population mean,
proportion, and variance; Statistical testing of hypothesis and errors; Large and small
sampling tests, NonParametric Tests: Chi-square tests; Sign tests; Wilcoxon Signed
Rank tests; KruskalWallis test.
Statistical Quality Control : Causes of variations in quality characteristics, Quality control
charts, - purpose and. logic; Constructing a control chart computing the control limits (X
and R charts); Process under control and out of control, Warning limits; Control charts for
attributes -fraction defectives and number of defects Acceptance sampling.
Data Analysis using software packages: Microsoft Excel and SPSS.
Suggested Readings:
1. Hooda, R.P. : Statistics for Business and Economics, Macmillan, New Delhi.
2. Heinz; Kohler : Statistics for Business & Economics,. Harper Collins; New York.
3. Heinz, LW : Quantitative Approach to Managerial Decisions, Prentice Hall, NJ.
4. Lawrence, B. Morse: Statistics for Business & Economics, Harper Collins, NY.
5. Levin, Richard I and David S Rubin : Statistics for Management Prentice Hail, Delhi.
6. Watsnam Terry J. and Keith Parramor: Quantitative Methods in Finance international,
Thompson Business Press, London.
The list of cases and specific references including recent articles will be announced in the class.
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CP-103: Managerial Economics
Max. Marks: 100
External: 70
Internal: 30
Time 3 Hours
Note: The Examiner will set the question paper in two parts encompassing the entire
syllabus. Part A will comprise 10 short answer type questions of 5 marks each. Part B will
comprise of 5 questions of 10 marks each. A student is required to attempt any eight
questions from the part A and any 3 questions from part B.
Objectives: The objectives of this course is to acquaint the students with concepts and
techniques used in MicroEconomic Theory and to enable them to apply this knowledge
in business decision- making. Emphasis is given to changes in the nature of business firms
in the context of globalization.
Course Contents:
Nature and Scope of Managerial Economics. Basic concepts of economic used in
managerial decision making; Objective of a firm: Wealth, profit and sales maximization.
Short-run and long-run production functions; Cost curves and economics of scale; Price
and output determination under perfect competition, monopoly, monopolistic competition,
and oligopoly; Pricing strategies and tactics.
Suggested Readings:
1. Peterson, Lewis, Managerial Economics, Prentice Hall of India, N. Delhi.
2. Salvatore, Managerial Economics in Global Economy; Thomson learning; Bombay.
3. EF. Brigham And J,L. Pappas, Managerial Economics, Dryden Press, illinois.
4. Dwivedi, D.N. Managerial Economics, Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi.
5. Mebta, P.L. Managerial Economics, Sultan Chand, New Delhi.
The list of cases and specific references including recent articles will be announced in the class.
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CP-104: Business Environment
Max. Marks: 100
External: 70
Internal: 30
Time 3 Hours
Note: The Examiner will set the question paper in two parts encompassing the entire
syllabus. Part A will comprise 10 short answer type questions of 5 marks each. Part B will
comprise of 5 questions of 10 marks each. A student is required to attempt any eight
questions from the part A and any 3 questions from part B.
Business Environment
Meaning and Nature.
An in-depth analysis of various micro and macro environmental factors influencing
firm.
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Suggested Readings:
1. Sundram, KPM, Datt, G and Mahajan, A, Indian Economy, S Chand, 2012 Edition.
2. Misra, S.K and Puri, V.K, Indian Economy, Himalya Publisher, 27th Edition.
3. Worthington, I and Britton, C, The Business Environment, Prentice Hall, 5th Edition.
4. Cherunillam, F, A Course Book on Business Environment, Himalya Publishers, 1st
Edition.
5. Daniel, JD and Radebangh,LH, International Business, Addison Wesley Publishing
Company
6. Hill, CW, International Business, Tata Mcgraw Hill
7. Alhuwalia, IJ and Little, IMD, India's Economic Reforms and Development, Oxford
University Press
8. Aswathapa, K, Business Environment, Excel Books Bedi, SK, Business Environment,
Excel Books
The list of cases and specific references including recent articles will be announced in the class.
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CP-105: Business Communication
Max. Marks: 100
External: 70
Internal: 30
Time 3 Hours
Note: The Examiner will set the question paper in two parts encompassing the entire
syllabus. Part A will comprise 10 short answer type questions of 5 marks each. Part B will
comprise of 5 questions of 10 marks each. A student is required to attempt any eight
questions from the part A and any 3 questions from part B.
Objectives: The course is aimed at equipping the students with the necessary techniques
and skills of commUfli0hl to inform others inspire them and enlist their activity and
willing cooperation in the performance of their jobs.
Course Contents:
Introduction and fundamentals of communication: Meaning, nature, scope, importance of
communication; Communication process: Elements, barriers and gateways of effective
communication; Models of communication process: Linear and non-linear models,
Murphy model, Thill and Bovee mode) and Berol's model of communication;
Organizational communication: importance of communication in management,
communication structure in communication and strategies for improving organizational
communication;
Forms of business communication: Written business communication: Characteristics and
purpose of business writing, The 3 x 3 writing process for business communication and
factors influencing this process, Business letters and Reports, Principles of effective
writing; Oral communication: principles and barriers of oral communication, Public
speaking and Listening skills: Non-verbal communication: Body, space, para and time
language.
Skills of Communication: Presentation, negotiation and interview skills; Business
etiquettes; Ethics in business communication; Legal aspects of business communication:
communication policy, defamation, invasion of privacy, misrepresentation and fraud.
The list of cases and specific references including recent articles will be announced in the class.
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CP-106: Financial Accounting
Suggested Readings:
1. Anthnoy R.N. & Reece J S. Accounting Principals. Ilomevvood Illinois. Richard D. Irwin.
1995
2. Batacharya S.K.& Dearden .1. Accounting for Management- Text and Cases. Vikas New
Delhi 1996
3. Heitger LE and Matulich Serge Financial Accounting. McGraw Hill, New York. 1990
4. Horngren C T, Sundem G F and Stratton W. Introduction to Management Accounting.
Prentice Hall of India New Delhi. 1994.
5. Khan M Y & Jain P K. Management Accounting. Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi.
6. Sahaf M A Management Accounting - Principles & Practice, New Delhi, Vikas Publishing
House 2009.
The list of cases and specific references including recent articles will be announced in the class.
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CP-107: Fundamentals of Computer and E-
E-Commerce
Max. Marks: 50
External: 50
Time 3 Hours
Note: The Examiner will set the question paper in two parts encompassing the entire
syllabus. Part A will comprise 10 short answer type questions of 5 marks each. Part B will
comprise of 5 questions of 10 marks each. A student is required to attempt any eight
questions from the part A and any 3 questions from part B.
Objectives: The objective of the course is to acquaint the students with computers and
concepts of ECommerce.
Course Contents
Computer fundamentals: An introduction; Elements of Computer system; Generations of
Computers, Computer languages; Compiler, Interpreter and Assembler, Number system,
Components of systems: - Input-Output devices, Types of Memory. An Introduction to
Operating System, Hardware and software, Computer Network: Analog and Digital
Signals, Band width, Network Topology, Network Applications. Introduction to MS-
Office: - MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Power Point and MS-Access.
Suggested Readings:
I. Kienam : Managing Your E-Commerce Business, Prentice Hall of India, N. Delhi.
2. Kosiur: Understanding ECommerce, Prentice Hall of India, N. Delhi.
3. Kalakota, Whinston, Frontiers of Electronic Commerce, Addison Wesley.
4. Schneider P. Grey, Perry T. James : ECommerce, Thomson Learning, Bombay.
5. Shurety : E-business with Net Commerce (with CD), Addison Wesley.
6. Napier: Creating a Winning E-business, Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi.
7. Didar Singh : E-Commerce for Manager, Vikas Publishing House, New Delhi.
8. Whitely David : Electronic Commerce, TMH, N Delhi.
9. Electronic Commerce -Framework, technologies and Applications - Bharat Bhasker TMH
Publications.
The list of cases and specific references including recent articles will be announced in the class.
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